Wonder if it has anything to do with the lack of signing up to the new Concorde agreement? I noticed at the end of last year bernie seemed surprised the top engineers went in the reshuffle but nobody else, always wondered if he was talking about parr. Can't say I'll she'd any tears.

I wish Adam well with the rest of his life. I also thank him for what he has done for Williams. He did a terrific job imo.

If reports are true that he has stepped down in order to get a better life ballance. It puts the efforts and sacrifices that people make to keep f1 progressing at the pace that it does into context. Most would jump at the chance to work in f1. But f1 extracts a high toll. Patrick said that he was putting in 80-100 hour weeks for year on year. It must have been a tough decision for Adam to walk away from f1. Credit to him for having the strength of character to do it.

Mr. Nicholas C. Rose, Nick is a founding patron of SITraN (The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience). Mr. Rose served as the Chief Financial Officer of Diageo PLC from July 1, 1999 to October 14, 2010 and was responsible for global supply, global procurement, group strategy and global IS. He served as Finance Director of Diageo PLC from July 1999 to October 14, 2010. Mr. Rose served as Senior Finance Positions with Grand Metropolitan and was latterly Finance Director of International Distillers & Vintners in 1996 and then of United Distillers & Vintners in 1997. Mr. Rose joined GrandMet in June 1992 initially as Group Treasurer, and became Group Controller in 1995. He spent eleven years with Ford Finance in many different roles with a number of international assignments. He worked in the United States for Ford in Detroit in areas such as portfolio management, corporate funding and capital structuring, experience of relevance and importance to Scottish Power PLC. He has been Chairman of Edwards Group Limited since March 2011. He has been a Non Executive Director of BT Group plc since January 1, 2011 and BAE Systems plc since February 8, 2010. He serves as a Non Executive Director of Moët Hennessy International SA. He has been a Non Executive Director of Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC since November 2011. He served as a Director of Möet Hennessy SNC (Moet Hennessy SNC). He served as an Executive Director of Diageo PLC from June 1999 to October 14, 2010. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Power PLC from February 2003 to April 2007. Mr. Rose has gained a wealth of international experience during a career spanning a number of senior financial posts in the global drinks sector. Mr. Rose graduated from Oxford University in 1980 with an M.A. in Chemistry.

Sir Frank: "It's what we do, we love doing it. It's like oxygen, it fixes you".

whoa there. MSP presided over the most disastrous years of williams and was, in my eyes, equally responsible for the teams parlous state of affairs.

yes, he has, in concert with other board members taken action, belatedly, to drive the team forward. they could hardly have been worse!!!!

my suspicious mind tells me that there was/is more to this than simply a change of direction. yes, F1 is a demanding business, most high profile enterprises are but he would've been highly remunerated to compensate any excessive demands.

i find it specifically strange that FW would have publicly announced the changes he made some 4/6 weeks ago if he had fully known what was just announced. it sort of makes FW's statement slightly ridiculous.

Well that's a fine way to wake up on a Monday morning! Fare thee well, Adam. I have loved and hated you for a good few years now. Hated you for being a smarta$$ and loved you for being a very good smarta$$ for Williams. I hope your future is not at a rival team but I have some suspicion that F1 is under your skin now and I do see possibilities at FOM.
Turning to Nick Rose. Altogether a higher level of performer in business financial circles. He has an impeccable record with Diageo and also has interests in Scottish Power and BT. We await your contribution with interest. I just wonder if your friends are interested in sponsorship?
I suspect this shuffle has been planned over several months and may stem from the failed/shelved situation with QNB. Whatever the reason, we owe massive thanks to Adam for turning Williams around.

LurcherWell that's a fine way to wake up on a Monday morning! Fare thee well, Adam. I have loved and hated you for a good few years now. Hated you for being a smarta$$ and loved you for being a very good smarta$$ for Williams. I hope your future is not at a rival team but I have some suspicion that F1 is under your skin now and I do see possibilities at FOM.
Turning to Nick Rose. Altogether a higher level of performer in business financial circles. He has an impeccable record with Diageo and also has interests in Scottish Power and BT. We await your contribution with interest. I just wonder if your friends are interested in sponsorship?
I suspect this shuffle has been planned over several months and may stem from the failed/shelved situation with QNB. Whatever the reason, we owe massive thanks to Adam for turning Williams around.

LurcherWell that's a fine way to wake up on a Monday morning! Fare thee well, Adam. I have loved and hated you for a good few years now. Hated you for being a smarta$$ and loved you for being a very good smarta$$ for Williams. I hope your future is not at a rival team but I have some suspicion that F1 is under your skin now and I do see possibilities at FOM.
Turning to Nick Rose. Altogether a higher level of performer in business financial circles. He has an impeccable record with Diageo and also has interests in Scottish Power and BT. We await your contribution with interest. I just wonder if your friends are interested in sponsorship?
I suspect this shuffle has been planned over several months and may stem from the failed/shelved situation with QNB. Whatever the reason, we owe massive thanks to Adam for turning Williams around.

No way. Bernie doesn't like him.

I still ask myself if Bernie forced the exit of Adam from Williams in exchange for a better Concorde accord? For 20-30 millions more Williams will not have other alternative

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